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801059

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2017
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Iron and Steel: China
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 4 December 2017 to Question 116341, whether his Department plans to replicate the 19 trade remedies currently in force against Chinese steel to which the UK adheres through its EU membership after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	117618
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>DIT is preparing a UK trade remedies framework in readiness for the UK leaving the EU.</p><p>In support of this, the Department has issued a call for evidence to identify which UK businesses produce goods currently subject to anti-dumping or anti-subsidy measures, or to an on-going investigation related to these.</p><p>It asks those businesses to state whether they support, are neutral to, or oppose the maintaining of those measures when the UK begins to operate its independent trade remedy framework.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 11/12/2017 18:00:44 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

944706

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2018
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Agreements
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many free trade agreements with non-EU countries the Department plans to have signed by the 29 March 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	166210
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>As I am sure the Hon. Member for Cardiff Central will be aware, the UK cannot negotiate, sign or ratify trade agreements whilst we remain members of the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 24/07/2018 14:22:04 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

818812

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2018
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Agreements
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether his Department plans to carry out impact assessments on future bilateral trade deals prior to their ratification.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	121576
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2018 answer text <p>As outlined in the White Paper ‘Preparing for our future UK trade policy’, we remain committed to a transparent, fair, and rules-based approach to international trade. We will ensure Parliament has an appropriate role to play in the scrutiny of new UK trade treaties.</p><p>In ratifying EU free trade agreements we already provide impact assessments to Parliament to enable Members from both Houses to consider the effects of these agreements for the UK.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 12/01/2018 14:20:02 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands previous answer version 33722 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

824606

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2018
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Bombardier: Import Duties
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, when he last raised with the US administration the issue of the 300 per cent tariff imposed on Bombardier by the its Department of Commerce.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	123407
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>HMG Ministers and Officials have been actively engaging with the US Administration, Canadian Government, Boeing and Bombardier to facilitate a resolution to this dispute. Ministers and senior officials have had numerous calls and meetings with the US administration and Congress, including with Boeing in relation to this dispute specifically. In addition, the Prime Minister has raised this issue a number of times with President Trump.</p><p>The UK Government has maintained that Boeing’s complaint to the US Department of Commerce is unjustified, and we will continue to strongly defend our case.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 22/01/2018 18:08:56 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

918431

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2018
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Arms Trade: Israel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, the gross value of licenced armed exports made to Israel (a) in total for and (b) in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	150708
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member for Cardiff Central to the answer I gave her on 23 April 2018, UIN: 136499.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 11/06/2018 16:46:59 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

917591

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2018
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what proportion of the UK's trade in goods in 2017 for (a) exports (b) imports was with countries that the UK has a preferential trading relationship with due to its membership of the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	150170
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2018 answer text <p>In 2017, UK goods exports to EU countries accounted for 48.8% of the value of total UK goods exports to the world. In 2017, UK goods exports to non-EU countries, with which the UK has a preferential trading relationship due to its membership of the EU, accounted for 12.2% of total UK goods exports to the world.</p><p>In 2017, UK goods imports from EU countries accounted for 54.8% of the value of total UK goods imports from the world. In 2017, UK goods imports from non-EU countries, with which the UK has a preferential trading relationship due to its membership of the EU, accounted for 12.6% of UK goods imports from the world.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Source: ONS Trade in goods MRETS (March 2018), UK Economic Accounts Q4 – October to December 2017 (for Canada and Switzerland) The figures referring to non-EU countries with which the UK has a preferential trading relationship excludes those countries with EU trade agreements that have not been provisionally applied yet, according to the European Commission website:</strong> <strong><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/countries-and-regions/negotiations-and-agreements/#_in-place" target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/countries-and-regions/negotiations-and-agreements/#_in-place</a></strong></p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 12/06/2018 15:37:23 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart previous answer version 62716 answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

919204

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2018
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	World Trade Organization
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what progress has been made on the submission of agreed trade schedules with the World Trade Organisation.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	151212
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2018 answer text <p>It is the Government’s intention to have our own independent World Trade Organization (WTO) schedules ahead of leaving the EU. Our transition at the WTO continues to move forward.</p><p> </p><p>The appropriate legal mechanism for our goods transition remains rectification. We want to minimise disruption to existing trade and we will act in accordance with WTO rules and procedure. The joint letter we sent with the EU to the WTO membership in October 2017 provides the detail of our proposal.</p><p> </p><p>On services, the UK continues to engage on the detail of our draft schedule. We are committed to retaining our existing commitments. We have also begun the process to independently accede to the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) by formally submitting a market access offer.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 14/06/2018 11:35:34 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

990435

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2018
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Overseas Trade: USA
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent discussions he has had with his US counterpart on UK consumer and food standards regulations which meet the US Trade Priorities and Accountability Act definition of an unjustified (a) sanitary or (b) phytosanitary restriction and (c) an unjustified technical barrier.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	181352
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>My Rt Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade has spoken on numerous occasions to the United States Trade Representative, and there have been four meetings of the UK-US Trade and Investment Working Group to date, involving discussions between representatives of the governments of the United Kingdom and the United States on a range of matters. We cannot negotiate any trade agreements whilst we are still members of the EU.</p><p>Any future trade agreements must work for UK producers, businesses, and consumers, and uphold the UK’s high levels of food safety, animal welfare standards, and environmental protection.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 23/10/2018 12:27:51 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

805313

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2017
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Agreements
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2017 to Question 117618, on Iron and Steel: China, what recent discussions he has had with trade unions on (a) trade remedies to be adopted by the UK after leaving the EU and (b) future free trade deals.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	118985
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade (DIT) engages regularly with stakeholders, including trade unions, and welcomes their views on trade remedies and future trade deals. DIT has held meetings on a number of occasion during 2017, including roundtables and bilateral meetings with trade unions, on topics including the future UK trade remedies framework and future trade deals. The Government will continue to engage with and listen to the views of stakeholders when developing the UK's future trade policy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 19/12/2017 15:45:01 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands previous answer version 30537 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

846311

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2018
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Department for International Trade: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, which external recruitment agencies are used by his Department's non-departmental public bodies.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	128976
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade currently has no non-departmental public bodies.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 27/02/2018 12:42:59 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands previous answer version 43243 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens